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The word
تَعْرِف

ta3rif

you know, she knows
Arabicتَعْرِف
Arabizita3rif
Translationyou know, she knows
TypeMasculine verb
CategoryNumbers
Audio
Native speaker, MSA
Letter by letter

The word, broken down.

تَعْرِف reads right to left. Below, in reading order, each letter — its sound, its shape, its place in the syllable.

01
Letter
ت
tāʾ
t

A plain 't'. The same body as bāʾ, but with two dots above.

Type:J
02
Diacritic
ـَ
fatḥa
a

A short 'a' — a small stroke written above the letter.

Type:Shift+Q
03
Letter
ع
ʿayn
ʿ

A voiced sound from deep in the throat. Arabizi writes it '3'.

Type:U
04
Letter
ر
rāʾ
r

A rolled 'r' — closer to Spanish than English.

Type:V
05
Diacritic
ـِ
kasra
i

A short 'i' — a small stroke written below the letter.

Type:Shift+A
06
Letter
ف
fāʾ
f

A plain 'f'. One dot above a small loop.

Type:T
← First letter shown leftmost; the actual word is read right-to-left in script.
How to type it

The keystrokes, in order.

On a standard Arabic 101 / Arabic-PC layout — 7 key presses. Diacritics sit on the Shift keys. The on-screen keyboard on this site highlights each key as you go.

Practice typing this word →
Sequence
  1. 01Jت
  2. 02Shift+Qـَfatḥa
  3. 03Uع
  4. 04Shift+Xـْ
  5. 05Vر
  6. 06Shift+Aـِkasra
  7. 07Tف
Composedتَعْرِف
تَعْرِف
Practice

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